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Less than 24 hours after going dark, TikTok says it has come back online after President-elect Donald Trump gave the company's service providers—presumably Apple, Google, and Oracle—reassurance that his administration wouldn’t enforce a law banning the app in the first place. "In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in…

News The Avengers can't save you now Marvel Snap has been pulled from release in the United States in the wake of the TikTok ban TikTok's publisher and developer, ByteDance, is also the parent company of devs Second Dinner It's unclear when, if ever, Snap will return to mobile It's…

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By Sheila Dang and Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) -TikTok stopped working for 170 million Americans late on Saturday after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled against TikTok's bid to avoid a ban that could shut the app down.  The ban is the end result of 2024 legislation passed on national…

Image Image Credit Paras Griffin / Stringer via Getty Images Image Size landscape-medium Soulja Boy is back with another rant after telling fans that he was in Washington, D.C., Friday (Jan. 18), attempting to save TikTok when he was there to perform at the Inaugural Crypto Ball celebrating Donald Trump’s…

Image Image Credit Jason Koerner / Stringer via Getty Images Image Size landscape-medium Outside of making undeniable hits, Cardi B is known for her direct interactions with users on social media. Sunday morning (Jan. 19), the “BONGOS” emcee clapped back at a fan that called her a “TikTok rapper” in…

January 18, 2025 11:33 PM TikTok shuts down in the U.S. Image Credit: Reuters TikTok just ran out of tiktoks as the countdown ended for the app’s time in the U.S. In the early hours of January 19, the wildly popular short-form video app went dark. The shutdown left me…

WASHINGTON — TikTok became unavailable for users in the U.S. on Saturday, soon before a ban on the popular social media platform officially went into effect. TikTok greeted users opening the app Saturday night with the message, “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now.” “A law banning TikTok has been enacted…

WASHINGTON - TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States shortly before a national ban on the app was to take effect, with President-elect Donald Trump unable to intervene until he takes office. "A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the US," said a message to users…

This is the only way to beat the ban Anadolu via Getty Images TikTok has gone dark—Even before the midnight deadline, users opening their apps in the U.S. saw the now infamous popup explaining that TikTok has gone but might be back when the Trump administration takes office. Suddenly, all…